Minnesota’s clean water certification program is helping farmers be good stewards

By: Anne Schwagerl

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 563

Last Updated: 4 days, 5 hours ago

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My family farms just under 1,000 acres near the headwaters of the Minnesota River and the Red River on the continental divide. The view out our window is an expanse of fields and sky that spans for miles.

Water that comes to our farm through rain and snow eventually ends up in the Minnesota River, flowing into the Mississippi and finally into the Gulf of Mexico.

We think a lot about how our …

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